Median pay for chief executives of Britain's 100 largest listed companies (the FTSE 100) reached a record £5.06 million last year, an 8.6% rise that has pushed the earnings gap between top bosses and ordinary workers to its widest point in eight years. The average FTSE 100 CEO now earns 130 times the median full-time UK worker salary of £39,000, up from a ratio of 124 the previous year, according to the High Pay Centre, a thinktank that campaigns for fairer pay. The findings, released as incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham prepares to take office with pledges to address economic inequality, have prompted renewed calls for a "fat-cat tax" and greater worker representation on company boards.